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The genetic architecture of socially-affected traits: a GWAS for direct and indirect genetic effects on survival time in laying hens showing cannibalism

BACKGROUND: Cannibalism is an important welfare problem in the layer industry. Cannibalism is a social behavior where individual survival is affected by direct genetic effects (DGE) and indirect genetic effects (IGE). Previous studies analysed repeated binomial survival, instead of survival time, wh...

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Autores principales: Brinker, Tessa, Bijma, Piter, Vereijken, Addie, Ellen, Esther D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6057005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30037326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-018-0409-7